TW: Child Abuse; Physical Abuse
12 Grimmauld Place.
1966.
I find my brother in his room,
Door slightly open.
He doesn't see me
But I see him.
See him lift his shirt
And twist his thin body
In front of the cheval mirror.
And I'm quite confused now
As I watch my brother -
Because his entire torso
Is covered with long, red welts.
Welts that rise up from his skin.
A fact I can clearly see
Even from all the way over here
At my place by the door.
... Snakes, really
It looks like he has angry red snakes winding all around him,
Choking him.
It looks like he and the snakes are wrestling for control of his body.
I watch him hesitate now
Then reach a finger down
And press against one.
His face twists in immediate pain,
Eyes scrunching shut as he wordlessly howls.
But me? I stand transfixed.
I can't help myself
As I watch my brother examine his mysterious painful snakes.
That's when he catches me in the reflection ...
Turning around, he runs to the door
Flinging it all the way open
As he hisses in my face:
"Go away, Reggie! You stupid, nosy sneak!"
I think he wants to push me;
Hurt me, even.
But he won't.
Mother would kill him
If he ever laid a hand on me.
And I know, I see quite clearly
How in this moment my brother completely hates me.
"But -"
"Get," he growls, "Get out!"
Stepping back, he slams the door in my face.
Running to my room, I pull up my own shirt
And stare down at my belly.
But I don't have any such thing;
My skin's perfect
I don't have any red snakes twisting angrily around my body.
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Coiled (Book 1 of 2)
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